Improved curtain-fixture



WILLIAM BROWNQ- OF WEST CAMBRIDGE, MASSAGHUSET'IS.

Letters .Patent No. 74,661, dated February 18, 1868; mitetlatedlf'ebruary 6, 1868.

IMPROVBD CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

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TO ALL WI-IOM IT MAY CONCERN Bey it known that I, WILLIAM BROWN, of WestCambridge, in the county ofv Middlesex, and State of' Massachusetts;have invented a new and useful Improvement in Window-Shade Roller andFixtures; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilledin the artto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specilication, in whichi Figure 1 is afront 'view of my improved window-shade roller and fixtures.

Figure 2 is a. vertical sectional view taken in the line :v zu, fig. 11.

Figure 3 is a sectional view of the roller and bracket at one sidedetached.

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This invention relates to new and useful improvements in theconstruction and arrangement of windowshade rollers and fixtures, andconsists in a split roller, made of two semicircular pieces lengthwise,and having on one piece a groove, and on the other a, tongue fitting inthe groove running down the centre ofthe roller, which split roller isenclosed in a split o r grooved shell or barrel, surmounted withacoruiee more or less ornamental. The end of the window-shade is securedin the split roller by the tongue and groove, and wound up within thebuter shell for protection from dust and light when desired. The ends ofthe split roller are fitted or screwed into one side of round disks ornuts, which have axes on the other side that hang in the sidesupporting-brackets,

land in one ofthe brackets is a. spiral spring, that bears against theaxis ofthe roller, and thus keeps it in place at any desired height ofthe shade. One of the round disks or nuts on the end oi'- the rollerserves also as a cor d-pullcy.

rIhis arrangement olf'shade-iixtures is simple and convenient, andsupplies the 'desideratum of an ornamental piece of furnitue anddecoration for a window, suitable i'or the parlors of persons of tastewith moderate'mean-s. Arrepresents a shade, suspended to awindow-fixture, 'in which a is the roller, I] B the brackets,-and c theupper cord-pulley. The lower `cord-pulley fastening-C is secured to thewindow-f`ramc a little below the middle ofthe shade. The roller aissplit down the middle from end to end. In oneparta groove runs down themiddle, and in the other part a corresponding tongue. 'lhe upper edgeofthe shade is inserted between the two parts of the split roller, andis held fast in it-by the tongue and groove. The upper cord-pulley c isfitted on one end of the roller a, to clamp thc two parts together, orit may be screwed thereon, and the pulley has an axis or journal on oneside to hang in the bracket B. On the other end of the roller is fittedor screwed a disk, e', which, like the cord-pulley c, is provided alsowith an axis or. journal, hung in the other bracket B. A spiral spring,e, is placed in the bracket to bear against the end of thejournal andkeep the roller steady. A shell or barrel, I), which may be made in oneor more pieces or sections, is placed around the split roller u. Theshell D is slotted from end to end in onevsidc, for the passage oftheshade through it when placed over the roller, as shown in fig. 2. Acornice or ornamental centre-piece, E, is fitted upon the middle of theshell I), and keeps it in place over the split roller a. These parts maybe made of wood or any suitable material.`

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The split roller a, with or without a tongue and groove, for securingthe upper end of the shade, substantially :is described, in combinationwith the case or shell D, as and for the purpose specified.

2. l'hc combination of the split roller u, the nuts-or disks c e', andthe brackets Il 3', arranged and operating Substantially as described.

3. The combination of the split roller a, the shell D, and the corniceE, constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as described. I

WM. BROWN.

Witnesses OLIVER STEVENS, Wn. E. Partnern-in.

